[Homestead] Bev -- incoming

EarthNSky erthnsky at bellsouth.net
Sat Apr 5 10:46:14 EDT 2008



Clansgian at wmconnect.com wrote:
>
> 
> Jeanne is only a few miles south of here but I'm a bit higher in the 
> mountains.  Because of the tall mountains and alluvial valleys around here, there are 
> all sorts of micor-climates.  Pears, peaches, and cherries are all in bloom 
> (time to treat for fire blight) but no dogwoods or apples yet.

Pears and plums are all but done, but the apples haven't even started.


> 
> Warming is early this year and it's high time for potaotoes.  Here one plants 
> corn when the dogwood leaves are the size of a squirrel's ear, that is, not 
> yet.   

I've heard that saying here, too, but most still plant on Good Friday.


Peas are 10" tall and the spinach and kale will be big enough to eat
> within days.

The best I can do is to enjoy the last pint of frozen bok choi from last 
year.


> 
> Still raining here, gentle rain and it looks like we might have gotten three 
> inches over the past two days.

Yeah, that's about right for here, too.  At least it washed a bit of 
pollen out of the air.  I know it will only be worse in a day or so, but 
having one day of lesser allergy symptoms is nice.



> 
> And grass!  Glorious grass!!  We've not had new grass growth since last July. 
>  Now we are awash in it, enough to seriously shop for the second cow.  And of 
> course a second cow will mean more pigs! 

I was noticing the same thing in my pasture.  My friend wants to put her 
horses out there, but I told her "not now", that I hadn't seen such 
vigor in the pasture in about 5 years, and I wanted to enjoy the green 
for a bit longer. :)

If only the rains would continue throughout summer like this.  Wouldn't 
that be awesome?

Bev

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BevanRon of EarthNSky Farm   NW Georgia USDA Zone 7
34.498N	85.076W	   Bev is Earth, Ron is Sky					



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